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All the ideas for 'Does Emp.Knowledge have Foundation?', 'Many, but almost one' and 'Ways Worlds Could Be'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Structural universals might serve as possible worlds [Forrest, by Lewis]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / c. Empirical foundations

8793	If observation is knowledge, it is not just an experience; it is a justification in the space of reasons [Sellars]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

8792	Observations like 'this is green' presuppose truths about what is a reliable symptom of what [Sellars]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / f. Theory theory of concepts

8791	The concept of 'green' involves a battery of other concepts [Sellars]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]